The Men's Discus Throw

Discus throw

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event at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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in Montreal

Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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 had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups (30 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Sunday July 25, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Saturday July 24, 1976.

Medalists

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  OR	olympic record
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record		70.86 m	May 1, 1976	San Jose, California San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Olympic Record		64.78 m	October 15, 1968	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		68.28	—	—	68.28 m	OR
2	2		63.54	—	—	63.54 m
3	3		63.14	—	—	63.14 m
4	5		62.10	—	—	62.10 m
5	6		X	62.06	—	62.06 m
6	7		X	58.90	61.88	61.88 m
7	9		X	61.48	—	61.48 m
8	11		61.14	—	—	61.14 m
9	13		X	60.64	—	60.64 m
10	14		60.44	—	—	60.44 m
11	17		59.80	59.26	57.18	59.80 m
12	19		58.76	59.06	X	59.06 m
13	20		56.98	X	58.06	58.06 m
14	21		X	57.50	54.52	57.50 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	4		62.26	—	—	62.26 m
2	8		57.00	61.66	—	61.66 m
3	10		X	61.30	—	61.30 m
4	12		60.82	—	—	60.82 m
5	15		59.30	60.06	—	60.06 m
6	16		59.92	56.66	58.50	59.92 m
7	18		57.56	57.84	59.42	59.42 m
8	22		X	X	57.28	57.28 m
9	23		56.56	X	X	56.56 m
10	24		X	55.86	X	55.86 m
11	25		55.20	X	55.50	55.50 m
12	26		X	54.04	54.80	54.80 m
13	27		52.82	X	52.76	52.82 m
14	28		52.40	50.40	X	52.40 m
15	29		31.80	35.30	35.94	35.94 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		61.78	67.50	63.44	63.52	X	66.14	67.50 m
		63.68	X	65.16	X	63.96	66.22	66.22 m
		62.48	64.24	65.70	60.48	60.20	64.24	65.70 m
4		62.40	61.66	61.98	63.02	64.30	63.04	64.30 m
5		59.62	64.04	60.02	61.08	59.62	64.24	64.24 m
6		63.12	61.22	X	X	X	61.94	63.12 m
7		60.26	62.02	61.60	61.26	61.24	63.06	63.06 m
8		61.60	X	X	X	61.98	X	61.98 m
9		60.12	61.28	59.62				61.28 m
10		60.94	60.68	X				60.94 m
11		57.44	57.00	60.54				60.54 m
12		59.44	60.26	60.46				60.46 m
13		57.62	58.42	X				58.42 m
14		57.48	57.30	X				57.48 m
15		55.86	X	X				55.68 m